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December 23, 2024

If you really do learn something new everyday, then we’ve got the next 42 days of your life covered! Simply set this list by your alarm clock, and let one fact help propel you out of bed each morning. Or maybe you’re the type who likes to read one right before bed in the hopes of dreaming about it.

That’s usually our choice. Especially with a list like this. These ones are extra dreamy.

42

Energy Drinks

Gross and weird things before modern technology ENERGY DRINKS Early 20th century athletes used alcohol and drugs to boost their performance. This went on until the '20s when the drugs became prescription-only. Alcohol was still used in competitions until the '70s and '80s. CRACKED — Robert Owen-Wahl/Pixabay]
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41

The Statue of Liberty

How much is the Statue of Liberty worth? It may be priceless, but the scrap value of the statue is under $230,000. CRACKED COM — NASA

40

Coffee

Coffee 3,14 3 CRACKED COM Do you always need to poop right after drinking coffee? It's not the caffeine rush. Coffee stimulates your distal colon. We're not totally sure why, but it may 19-34 be the chlorogenic acid, as well as ingredients that speed digestion. — Source

39

Avocados

Avocados are poisonous to birds. CRACKED COM Small amounts of avo- cado have little effect on cats and dogs, but even a small amount fed to birds can be fa- tal thanks to a toxic called persin. — Crookwell Vet

38

Rob Schneider

CRACKED ROB SCHNEIDER LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE TO BE DISAGREED WITH. Rob Schneider was chosen to be a judge for the Miss USA pageant, which was owned by Donald Trump. But when Schneider voted for a brunette contestant instead of the blonde one that Trump wanted, Trump called him a loser. OF — Donald Trump Is the Only Guy on the Right Who Doesn’t Love Rob Schneider / Indiewire

37

Chinatown

42 Random Bits of Trivia That A Really Smart Kid Recited to Us Through A Cup on A String — Source: GQ Magazine

36

Religion

The Effect of Religion In a study of third graders, parents' religiosity positively affected children's psychological adjustment and social competence but negatively affected children's reading, math, and science scores. CRACKED.COM — Source: Science Daily

35

Crime

WEIRD WORLD A man in New York state drove to a court appearance in a stolen car. Mark S. Cooper, a suspect in several larceny cases, stole a car in Rensselaer, NY, then drove in it to Troy, NY for his appearance in Troy City Court. Troy police quickly caught — Source: News10

34

SNL Movies

HANS E FRANZ GOT BOMBED BY 'LAST ACTION HERO' UNPRODUCED CRACKED COM 'THE GIRLY-MAN DILEMMA' WOULD HAVE CO-STARRED ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGERAS HIMSELF. WHEN HIS 'LAST ACTION HERO' TANKED, ARNOLD GOT COLD FEET AND PULLED OUT, KILLING THE PROJECT. KEVIN NEALON DESERVED BETTER. — Vulture

33

Disney

Disney made military training videos and war propaganda during WWII. Animators used their signature silly gags and cutesy art style to make things lik

32

Katy Perry

Katy Perry collects the hair of her enemies CRACKED.COM She's got a weird habit of collecting scraps of hair from other female celebs, tying them in a bow, and keeping them in her purse. We don't know what her full collection looks like, but by all accounts it includes her partner in beef, Taylor Swift. — Source: 14 Bizarro Celebrity Facts That Sound Like Mad Libs

31

Salem

THE WITCHES OF SALEM WEREN'T BURNED. While burning alleged witches was common in Europe, those found guilty of witchcraft during the Salem trials were hanged. Which, OK, wasn't much better. GRACKED.COM — Source

30

Grease 2

MICHELLE PFEIFFER HATES GREASE 2. Considered to be her breakout role, Pfeiffer has stated how much she loathed that movie. I hated that film with a vengeance and could not believe how bad it was. At the time I was young and didn't know any better. CRACKED.COM — Cheat sheet

29

Ethiopia

THE ETHIOPIAN CALENDAR IS SEVEN YEARS BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD. It was developed by Orthodox and Coptic churches, based on their own calculations for the date of Jesus's birth. It has 12 months of 30 days and one of five days (six on leap years.) In this system, the year begins on September 11 or 12 of the Gregorian calendar. CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Policing

More policing doesn't actually reduce crime. Ramping up arrests doesn't result in less crime, only in more (disproportionately black) people arrested for non-criminal behavior. Overpolicing is actually OLICE detrimental, as it leads to distrust, which worsens the relationship between communities and law enforcement. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Paint

A new whitest-ever paint may cool buildings The paint reflects 98% of sunlight into space. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Particles

GRACKED.COM Particles can flow UP streams of water. The effect is called vertical contamination. — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

25

Kate Hudson

In her lifestyle book, Kate Hudson says she follows a high-alkaline diet. In other words, that means that 60-80% of her total daily calorie intake comes from eating certain fruits and vegetables, tofu, and nuts. CRACKED.COM — Source

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24

Joe Jackson

CRACKED JOE JACKSON'S BIZARRE THREAT. Joe Jackson was dad to music icons The Jackson 5, Michael and Janet. Не fostered their careers, but also was verbally harsh, even threatening to drop them like a hot potato if they stopped singing. Michael never forgot that. — People

23

Vaccines

The UK's vaccine strategy was influenced by the Matt Damon movie Contagion. Matt Hancock British health secretary Matt Hancock was obsessed with the movie, and used it in the early days of the pandemic to illustrate the issues that might crop up with the distribution of the vaccine. He'd say — Source: The Guardian

22

A Star Is Born

Classic Hollywood Movies Original VS. Remake 1954 1937 A Star is Born You can write a history of Hollywood just following this movie. The original was a hit, and so were Judy Garland's and Lady Gaga's versions. Barbra Streisand kinda dissed the latest one - but then again, hers has been the most criticized as well. 1976 2018 CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

21

Whale Sharks

WHALE SHARKS HAVE TINY TEETH ON THEIR EYEBALLS. The denticles provide protection to their vulnerable eyes. Whale sharks can also retract their eyeball — Source: PLOS ONE

20

Twins

In a movie-: twist, two pairs of identical twin babies got mixed up in Colombia in 1988. It's not clear why, but apparently there was a hospital mix-up - and when they grew up, 25 years later, they found each other, and all four became close friends. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

19

Monks

Buddhists monks would mummify themselves while still alive. Some monks would become mummies (called sokushinbutsu) by following a starvation diet of pine needles and resins, to eliminate fat and dehydrate until they died. At least 24 people self-mummified this way before Japan banned the practice in 1879. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Rapiers

Rapiers aren't light, nimble swords. Inigo Montoya makes his sword look pretty much weightless, but historical rapiers are in the same weight range as medieval longswords- about 2.5-4 pounds. — Source: Arms & Armor

17

The Ivy League

A teen managed to get an Ivy League education, in multiple universities, for free. CRACKED.COM A teenager named Guil- laume Dumas snuck into Ivy League schools over 4 years, gaining free education from Yale, Brown, Stanford and many others. — Source

16

MIT

In October 1958, MIT students measured the Massachusetts Avenue bridge using another student. His name was Oliver Smoot, and the bridge turned out to be 364.4 Smoots long (+/-1 ear). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

15

Kristen Bell

42 Random Bits of Trivia That A Really Smart Kid Recited to Us Through A Cup on A String — Source: Today

14

Crypto Scams

Crypto Scams THE TROYE SIVAN SCAM In 2021, someone hacked Troye Sivan's Twitter account and tried to trick his fans into buying a fake cryptocurrency called $TROYE. They said that if people bought it, they'd get early access to a new album that didn't actually exist. CRACKED — Liv Oeian/Shutterstock
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13

YouTube

YouTube ended their partnership with Steven Crowder. CRACKED.COM After having his YouTube account suspended several times, a damning video surfaced of him verbally assaulting his pregnant wife. Claims that he exposed himself at work didn't help, and YouTube has removed him as a partner. — Source

12

Sea Monkeys

Sea-monkeys are actually brine shrimp. THE - LIVE Institute the Sea-Monkeuse OCEAN-ZOO The World's Qualy Instant Puts! THE - JIME Instan EL Sea-Monkeus The People's OCEAN-ZOO The Morid's Only Instant Pital - entert to - The species (a cross-bred version of brine shrimp) doesn't exist in nature. They breath through their feet and grow a second eye in maturity. Gross. CRACKED.COM — Source

11

Family Matters

JUDY WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER on FAMILY MATTERS. AND in THE FOURTH SEASON, SHe VANISHED. Her last appearance was in an episode called Mama's Wedding, and after that, the family pretended she never existed. That was the time when the show began to focus on Steve Urkel, so the answer to the question, Did I do that? is yes. Yes, you did. CRACKED.COM http://familymatters. wikia .com/wikk/udy_Winslow — Source

10

Casino Royale

Daniel Craig bellyflopped onto a sandbar. CASINO ROYALE GRACKED.COM Craig was supposed to dive in and swim away, but immediately bumped into a sandbar. This is him emerging, defeated by the sea, to wade back to shore. — Source

9

Victorians

The Victorians saw Christmas as a time to have a laugh. Their Christmas card art included stuff like a child stuck in a teapot, mice riding lobsters,

8

Alcatraz

There's a long tradition of using Alcatraz as a prison, going back to Native Americans. People who violated tribal laws among the Ohlone would get banished to Alcatraz. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Squid

A woman's mouth was impregnated by a dead squid. The partially cooked squid that one 63 year old woman bit into in 2012 still had organs intact, and shot a pod of spermatophores into the soft membranes of her mouth. After she felt a pricking and foreign-body sensation, doctors removed the dozen small, white, bug-like organisms that the squid left behind. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Interesting Facts That Make Us Go, “Neat!”

6

Marlon Brando and Frank Oz

MARLON BRANDO & FRANK OZ GRAGKED.COM Having De Niro and Marlon Brando together on 'The Score' should've been a dream, but the shoot mostly became a fight between Brando and director Frank Oz. Brando hated being directed by a Muppeteer, mockingly calling Oz 'Miss Piggy' (the character he voiced). Oz said I was confrontational too, acknowledging it was partly his fault. — Source

5

Tony Danza

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows L TONY DANZA wanted so much more. Tony Danza THE TONY DANZA SHOW aired on ABC from 2004 to 2006. Danza loved the experience, and said he was pretty devastated when it was canceled. CRACKED — lev radin/Shutterstock,
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4

Max Hamburgers

Max Hamburgers was the first hamburger restaurant to ever out-compete McDonald's. MAX - CIVIL au SAMRER P The Swedish burger joint has driven several McDonald's out of business in Sweden. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

3

The Olympics

CANCELLED GRACKED.COM OLYMPIC EVENTS Tug of War was too controversial for the Olympics. In 1908 the U.S. team accused the Liverpool Police team of wearing extra-heavy boots. The Liverpudlians offered a shoe- less rematch, but America declined. — Source: Top End Sports

2

Elvis Presley

62 ELVIS WAS A NATURAL BLONDE. Не dyed his hair darker since high school. One time he dyed it himself using black shoe polish. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Surprising Celebrity Facts

1

Breaking Bad

The hardest plot point in Breaking Bad's final season was the machine gun. They put it in a teaser, and Vince Gilligan thought they'd figure out how to weave it in-but it was so hard, he literally pounded his head on the wall. CRACKED.COM — Source: CinemaBlend

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